Anyone know of an OB in Alexandria who is willing to deliver breach baby?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My breech baby was born healthy by c- section and I am glad for that.

Please just don't risk tragedy.

I was very, very happy with the outcome, and thankful.

Ok, since we're doing anecdotes, I know someone who has secondary infertility due to a severe c section scar, which also causes her severe pain.

I'd rather have secondary infertility than a dead baby. YMMV.

That's your decision but other people would rather risk the dead baby so they can make baby #3, 4, 5, 6 etc. This is why we don't get to make medical decisions for each other.

OMG. I hope this is a troll. If not you are a terrible human.

Hopefully is, but I would also guess that OP is a troll as well. Nobody is this stupid.

[Anonymous]

I have a friend in Canada who did this. Level 4 tearing and she can’t exercise without wetting her pants. Baby is fine.

[Anonymous]

Babies usually flip to head down by 36 weeks.
If at 36 weeks the baby is still breech, get an ECV.
GW had a breech team. I would not attempt a breech delivery anywhere else in this area.

[Anonymous]

My sister had a breech delivery, both she and her infant survived, but both required surgeries afterwards, and my sister has long-terms ill effects.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My breech baby was born healthy by c- section and I am glad for that.

Please just don't risk tragedy.

I was very, very happy with the outcome, and thankful.

Ok, since we're doing anecdotes, I know someone who has secondary infertility due to a severe c section scar, which also causes her severe pain.

more than a stillbirth? come on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My breech baby was born healthy by c- section and I am glad for that.

Please just don't risk tragedy.

I was very, very happy with the outcome, and thankful.

Ok, since we're doing anecdotes, I know someone who has secondary infertility due to a severe c section scar, which also causes her severe pain.

I'd rather have secondary infertility than a dead baby. YMMV.

That's your decision but other people would rather risk the dead baby so they can make baby #3, 4, 5, 6 etc. This is why we don't get to make medical decisions for each other.

Well why don't you do some research on the odds of having secondary infertility from a c-section vs having a stillbirth from a breach vaginal delivery and get back to me. You must not be very good at math.

[Anonymous]

I read studies that said that if your baby is breech, the likely cause is moms anatomy and that future babies would be breech too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My breech baby was born healthy by c- section and I am glad for that.

Please just don't risk tragedy.

I was very, very happy with the outcome, and thankful.

Ok, since we're doing anecdotes, I know someone who has secondary infertility due to a severe c section scar, which also causes her severe pain.

I'd rather have secondary infertility than a dead baby. YMMV.

That's your decision but other people would rather risk the dead baby so they can make baby #3, 4, 5, 6 etc. This is why we don't get to make medical decisions for each other.

Are you a terrible human if your uterus ruptures from repeat c sections and you and baby die leaving 4 or 5 children orphaned? Or do you have a problem with large families?


OMG. I hope this is a troll. If not you are a terrible human.

[Anonymous]

Get an ECV.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My breech baby was born healthy by c- section and I am glad for that.

Please just don't risk tragedy.

I was very, very happy with the outcome, and thankful.

Ok, since we're doing anecdotes, I know someone who has secondary infertility due to a severe c section scar, which also causes her severe pain.

more than a stillbirth? come on.

There are places in the world with lower maternal and fetal fatality rates than the United States where a vaginal breech delivery is considered an acceptable option if criteria are met (Frank vs Footling breech, safe size, etc) but in the U.S. I think you will struggle to find a practitioner that is really experienced in breech delivery— and *that* is a real risk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had a vaginal birth of a small baby. In the next delivery the baby was larger and breach. It was a teaching hospital and the doc wanted to “teach”. I wasn’t really going to go along with it, but I agreed to the CT scan to measure.

The CT scan told him I could not safely deliver the baby vaginally.

I don’t know if anyone does those scans, but it helped to prove the point that we were going for a C-Section.

We also tried a procedure to turn the baby, but it was not successful. I was fully mentally prepared for a c-section.

Wait- a Ct scan of a pregnant woman’s uterus??? Did you name the baby Chernobyl? How can this be a thing that happened....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had a vaginal birth of a small baby. In the next delivery the baby was larger and breach. It was a teaching hospital and the doc wanted to “teach”. I wasn’t really going to go along with it, but I agreed to the CT scan to measure.

The CT scan told him I could not safely deliver the baby vaginally.

I don’t know if anyone does those scans, but it helped to prove the point that we were going for a C-Section.

We also tried a procedure to turn the baby, but it was not successful. I was fully mentally prepared for a c-section.

Wait- a Ct scan of a pregnant woman’s uterus??? Did you name the baby Chernobyl? How can this be a thing that happened....

Hopefully PP means an MRI

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My breech baby was born healthy by c- section and I am glad for that.

Please just don't risk tragedy.

I was very, very happy with the outcome, and thankful.

Ok, since we're doing anecdotes, I know someone who has secondary infertility due to a severe c section scar, which also causes her severe pain.

more than a stillbirth? come on.

There are places in the world with lower maternal and fetal fatality rates than the United States where a vaginal breech delivery is considered an acceptable option if criteria are met (Frank vs Footling breech, safe size, etc) but in the U.S. I think you will struggle to find a practitioner that is really experienced in breech delivery— and *that* is a real risk.

Completely agree with this. Most doctors/midwives just aren't trained for breech deliveries.

My first was breech from 33 weeks - I did all the things (spinning babies, yoga, chiropractor, acupuncture) but ended up having a successful ECV at 36-37 weeks. The odds are good your baby will flip so do what you can now!

Dr. Shara Posner at Back to Health is a great chiropractor in Alexandria. Sadly, the best maternal acupuncturist in Alexandria, Ngemile Jones, recently passed away. But I think there are a few acupuncturists in the area that specialize in breech.

Good luck - I hope you end up with a healthy baby and a quick birth recovery, whatever it ends up looking like.

[Anonymous]

GWU offers breech vaginal deliveries. But I think it is only for women with previous vaginal births. My second baby flipped before I had to think about it much.

But it is a place to start if you want to have real information about the risks. Apparently the key is for providers not to touch the baby during delivery (pulling like they usually do is what causes problems), and moms often deliver not on their backs.

[Anonymous]

Nope. It was a CT scan in 1998. Some years after that there were medical reports of childhood cancers in the in-utero children. Then, I was annoyed. But we all made it through.